Unfortunately, unless you offer them part of your hopeful $3billion, lawyers don't move very fast. There have been a few emails since then that have talked about NFP status. Afaik, it's progressing, but all the work is being done by Daniel (who has many other things going on as well), and his lawyer who is accepting very minimal pay (iirc). I'm sure it's not far off, and if it isn't, well that's life. Not to sound patronizing or anything, but this is a very large project to keep running, and to take care of business stuff, etc. is all a very big job.
--Iggy On Monday 02 February 2004 09:02 pm, Stroller wrote: > On Feb 2, 2004, at 3:45 pm, Caleb Tennis wrote: > > This is an awesome GLEP idea, and I'm glad it finally got put into > > written > > words. The one suggestion I have, which I am sure is up for a large > > amount > > of criticism, is that I think Gentoo should charge a fee for the use > > of this > > tree. This is, in my opinion, a premium service, and a I believe it > > should > > come with a premium price, even if it's as low as 5 dollars per > > quarter. > > I hate to nag about this, or seem antagonistic, but it's now 7 months > since the Zygot "fork" and controversy. drobbins made several > statements during June / July / August of last year that suggested > Gentoo would be pursuing a not-for-profit status, however in the last 6 > months no evidence of legal moves to formalise this has been presented. > > I'll just feel a little more comfortable with the idea of premium-rate > Gentoo subscriptions once Gentoo's status has been finalised. > > This posting is NOT intended as flamebait. I am just a user. > > I love Gentoo, it has taught me SO much in the last year - which seems > to have rushed by so quickly since I've been using Gentoo - and I'd > like all the developers to know that I owe them a debt of thanks for > all their hard work on the project. I'm not particularly competent, and > I don't know that I'll ever be able to contribute to Gentoo in the way > that they have. > > I am sure that any latency on the move towards formal not-for-profit > status is unintentional, and personally I don't think I'd mind if > Gentoo announced it was it was going to become a commercial entity, > because those that have contributed to Gentoo intellectually do deserve > rewarding financially. I really value Gentoo for what it has given me > but I guess I also value Free Software (tm), too, so I guess I'd just > kinda like this cleared up, one way or the other. > > Stroller. > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Home -- http://www.brianandsara.net Gentoo -- http://gentoo.brianandsara.net -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
